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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Maine environmental groups sue to protect last Atlantic salmon, force dams to halt
The court action is part of an ongoing legal struggle over the fate of the dams. Brookfield sued Maine state agencies last month with a complaint that the agencies acted improperly in drafting fish passage policies.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2021
Press Herald joins federal lawsuit as Maine newspapers sue over delay in access to civil complaints
The federal lawsuit challenges a rule allowing digital civil court filings to remain secret for weeks or even months after they are filed.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Former Waterville pot store owner pleads guilty in federal drug, firearms case
Daniel Hall, 32, distributed cocaine and marijuana last year to a confidential informant at his then-medical marijuana store, Green Thumb Organics, in Waterville, according to court records.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Our View: Another argument against ranked-choice voting goes down
As the latest federal ruling shows, the idea that Maine voters are disenfranchised is wrong.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
U.S. attorney for Maine: Law enforcement here paying price for brutality elsewhere
Maine police officers aren’t perfect, but they are always trying to improve and they’re open to progressive policies and procedures.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2020
Our View: Maine’s internet privacy law survives legal challenge
A federal judge dismissed most of a lawsuit against the state, filed by internet service providers who want to sell customers’ personal information.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Commentary: Maine quarantine ruling shows everything old is new again
Science is at the heart of the federal decision, just as in the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Maine's out-of-state bait fish ban.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2019
Judge orders company sued in lobster embezzlement scheme to pay $4.5 million
The company never answered allegations that it was part of an operation to embezzle lobsters from a restaurant and lobster wholesaler in Saco.
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PublishedJune 14, 2019
Sen. Collins to oppose Trump judicial nominee over record opposing gay rights
Matthew Kacsmaryk, nominated to be a federal district judge in Texas, has an 'alarming bias against LGBTQ Americans and disregard for Supreme Court precedents,' the Maine Republican says.